been impossible to obtain even an approximate count 
of these buffalo. Owing also to the number of large 
timber wolves, they have become very much wilder than 
their brethren of the plains, and thus, though not im- 
possible, the task of capturing young bulls, in order 
to improve the National herd within the parks, would 
be one of considerable difficulty. 
The question of fencing a portion of their range is 
now being considered, and in this connection it has 
been proposed that a certain number of cow buffalo be 
taken from the National herd and placed in the en- 
closure, to be made in the wood buffalo range, in 
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order to lure some of these latter within the enclosure; 
the question of transporting these cow buffalo is con- 
sidered quite feasible. 
A large amount of reliable information, as to this 
northern herd, the character of their habitat, ete., ete., 
has been collected by this branch, and it is hoped that 
steps will soon be taken that will ensure the preserva- 
tion of these woodland buffalo, the finest of their kind. 
The number of buffalo now directly and indirectly 
maintained by the Dominion Government, taking the 
lowest number that has been stated to comprise the 
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